Congressional Statistics, December 2012

Wisconsin

Social Security

Old-Age (retirement), Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)—popularly referred to as Social Security—provides monthly benefits to an eligible worker and family members when the worker elects to start receiving retirement benefits or when the worker dies or becomes disabled. A worker's lifetime covered earnings largely determine the amount of benefits received.

Table 1. Number of OASDI beneficiaries in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2012

Congressional district

Number of beneficiaries

Total monthly benefits (thousands of dollars)

Number of beneficiaries aged 65 or older

Total

Retired workers

Disabled workers

Widow(er)s and parents

Spouses a

Children b

All beneficiaries

Retired workers

Widow(er)s and parents

Wisconsin

1,110,161

758,615

157,689

78,231

37,262

78,364

1,328,632

983,708

98,035

789,940

1

135,745

91,671

20,334

9,298

4,237

10,205

170,419

124,751

12,246

94,872

2

118,837

83,154

16,424

7,556

3,522

8,181

146,475

111,421

9,637

85,088

3

147,217

100,295

20,733

10,736

5,530

9,923

166,135

122,294

12,645

105,294

4

112,982

64,503

25,215

7,658

2,820

12,786

126,372

82,996

9,162

68,151

5

137,750

99,173

15,465

9,972

4,619

8,521

178,605

137,055

13,594

104,031

6

148,010

104,729

18,964

10,477

4,774

9,066

180,306

136,591

13,441

108,633

7

167,765

117,914

21,812

11,844

6,160

10,035

192,142

144,490

13,921

122,228

8

141,855

97,176

18,742

10,690

5,600

9,647

168,177

124,110

13,389

101,643

All areas c

56,758,185

36,720,492

8,826,591

4,348,486

2,443,212

4,419,404

65,430,104

46,327,075

5,107,327

39,613,754

SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data as of December 2012 and U.S. Postal Service geography data as of March 2013; represents the 2010 Census redistricting in effect for the 113th Congress.

a. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.

b. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.

c. Includes beneficiaries in the 50 States, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and foreign countries.

Supplemental Security Income

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a federal cash assistance program that provides monthly payments to low-income aged, blind, or disabled persons in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Table 2. Number of recipients of federally administered SSI payments and total monthly payments, December 2012

Congressional district

Number of recipients

Total monthly payments (thousands of dollars)

Number of recipients

Total

Aged

Blind

Disabled

Total

Aged

Blind

Disabled

With OASDIa

Aged 65 or older

Wisconsin

114,135

7,144

865

106,126

61,348

2,228

442

58,678

38,538

16,384

1

12,713

639

90

11,984

6,966

207

49

6,710

4,099

1,445

2

11,237

632

85

10,520

6,009

235

39

5,735

3,841

1,496

3

12,597

1,016

98

11,483

6,148

227

50

5,871

5,442

2,257

4

38,476

2,069

258

36,149

22,245

796

143

21,307

10,172

5,166

5

6,812

581

54

6,177

3,502

178

27

3,297

2,393

1,045

6

9,409

569

84

8,756

4,859

175

40

4,644

3,454

1,281

7

12,190

926

103

11,161

5,997

210

46

5,741

5,189

2,107

8

10,701

712

93

9,896

5,622

200

48

5,374

3,948

1,587

All areas b

8,262,877

1,156,188

67,725

7,038,964

4,598,945

474,662

36,865

4,087,418

2,759,751

2,081,532

SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data as of December 2012 and U.S. Postal Service geography data as of March 2013; represents the 2010 Census redistricting in effect for the 113th Congress.

a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.

b. Includes recipients in the 50 States, District of Columbia, and Northern Mariana Islands.